राजपूत भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप की बहुत ही प्रभावशाली जाति है, जो शासन और सत्ता के सदैव निकट रही है। अपनी युद्ध-कुशलता और शासन-क्षमता के कारण राजपूतों ने पर्याप्त ख्याति अर्जित की। राजपूत उत्तर भारत का एक क्षत्रिय कुल माना जाता है जो कि ‘राजपुत्र’ का अपभ्रंश है। राजस्थान को ब्रिटिशकाल में ‘राजपुताना’ भी कहा गया है। ‘Rajput’ is derivative of a …

Panna Dhai (also spelled Panna Dai “पन्ना दाई“) was a 16th-century nursemaid to Udai Singh II, the fourth son of Maharana Sangram Singh (12 April 1484 – 17 March 1527). Her name, Panna means emerald, and dai means a nurse in Hindi language. She had been given charge of young Udai Singh, breastfeeding him virtually from his birth in 1522, along …

दोहराता हूँ सुनो रक्त से लिखी हुई क़ुरबानी। जिसके कारन मिट्टी भी चन्दन है राजस्थानी।। रावल रत्न सिंह को छल से कैद किया खिलजी ने काल गई मित्रों से मिलकर दाग किया खिलजी ने खिलजी का चित्तोड़ दुर्ग में एक संदेशा आया जिसको सुनकर शक्ति शौर्य पर फिर अँधियारा छाया दस दिन के भीतर न पद्मिनी का डोला यदि आया …

मेवाड़ के महाराजा भीमसिंह की पुत्री कृष्णा अत्यन्त सुन्दरी थी। उससे विवाह करने के लिये अनेक वीर राजपूत उत्सुक थे। जयपुर और जोधपुर के नरेशों ने उससे विवाह करने की इच्छा प्रकट की थी। मेवाड़ के महाराणा ने सब बातों को विचार करके जोधपुर नरेश के यहाँ अपनी पुत्री की सगाई भेजी। जब जयपुर के नरेश को इस बात का …

Ramazan Bashardost is an Afghan politician. Born in 1965 in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni Province to a respected family, Ramazan Bashardost is an ethnic Hazara. Bashardost spent a substantial part of his life studying. His early years of schooling were completed in Qarabagh, before moving to Maimana, in Faryab Province. Then, because of the 1978 coup d’etat, Bashardost left …

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization comprising seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity. This sub-regional organization came into being on 6 June 1997 through the Bangkok Declaration. It constitutes seven Member States: five deriving from South …

In 1907, car salesman John Hertz looked at his surplus of traded-in cars and decided to start a taxi business. Since taxis needed to stand out, the colour yellow was chosen. That was the result of a survey by the University of Chicago which concluded yellow was the easiest colour to spot. Hertz’s Chicago Yellow Cab Company was the first …

A major economic evil related to financial sector is the practice of money laundering. Money laundering involves keeping financial assets from illegal activity in a disguised manner. This money is kept without detection of the illegal activity for future use. Through money laundering, the launderer transforms the monetary proceeds derived from criminal activity into funds with an apparently legal source. …

The US has withdrawn the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits provided to India and few other developing countries. GSP withdrawal will be enforced from 5th of June 2019. GSP is an arrangement that allows concessional or zero tariff imports from developing couturiers into the US. Withdrawal of the GSP benefit is expected to adversely affect exports from India. What …

Lok Sabha elections are held every five years in order to elect the next Prime Minister of India. People vote for their preferred party and the candidate of the winning party goes on to represent the Prime Minister of our country. The Lok Sabha elections are also called general elections. The Lok Sabha has a maximum strength of 552 members, …